Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (George Wang) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Call Waiting Override Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 20:08:23 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 464, message 9 of 9 >[Moderator's Note: You are correct. Some use 70#; most allow use of 1170 >for rotary dial phones, and sometimes 1170 will work from touchtone lines >as well. Some CO's using older generics don't even have this option. An >example is Morton Grove, IL; about the only place in the Chicago area >without this capability. David Tamkin, is that correct? PT] Well, I'm not Dave, but I do know from first hand experience that Morton Grove's switching station does NOT allow call waiting override with *70.... Although I live in Skokie, Skokie is spilt into service by Skokie's switching station and Morton Grove's switching station... Unfortunately, we got stuck with Morton Grove's switching station and using the modem with call waiting is a real pain!! Disconnects galore!! BTW, does anyone know why Morton Grove doesn't have this ability?? Does it have to do with the station's switching technology?? Is there anything we can do as telephone service customers? A petition? Hmmmm...... George Wang University of Illinois gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu